9, 10; xxx. 40. 5; xxxi. 49. 12; 50. 6; xxxii. 7. 8, 12; 27. 5, 6; xxxiii. 21. 9; xxxiv. 42. 3, 4; 44. 4; 53. 2; xxxv. 6. 2; 8. 1; 10. 1, 9; 20. 7; 24. 3; xxxvi. 45. 9; xxxvii. 47. 1, 6; xxxviii. 35. 1; 42. 1, 2, 4; xxxix. 6. 1; 23. 1; chs. 32, 39, 40, 41, 45; xl. 18, 37, 45, 59; xli. 6, 8, 14, 16, 17, 18, 28; xlii. 9, 28; xliii. 11, 14; xliv. 17. Comitia are legislative or judicial in: Cic. _Dom._ 28. 75; 30. 79; 32. 86; 33. 87; _Har. Resp._ 6. 11; _Mil._ 3. 7; _Phil._ i. 8. 19; x. 8. 17; xiii. 15. 31; _Pis._ 15. 35, 36; _Red. in Sen._ 11. 27; _Sest._ 30. 65; 34. 73; 51. 109; _Leg._ iii. 19. 45; _Rep._ ii. 31. 53; 35. 60; 36. 61; _Att._ i. 14. 5; ii. 15. 2; iv. 1. 4; xiv. 12. 1; Livy iii. 13. 9; 17. 4; 20. 7; 24. 17; 29. 6; 55. 3; vi. 36. 9; viii. 12. 15; xxv. 4. 6; xxvi. 3. 9, 12; xxxi. 6. 3, 5; xxxiv. 2. 11; xlii. 30; xliii. 16; xlv. 35. As these lists are nearly exhaustive, they represent substantially the relative frequency of the two uses of comitia. VII. (_a_) Rarely is either the centuriate assembly or the so-called patricio-plebeian tribal assembly termed concilium; (_b_) the plebeian tribal assembly is rarely termed comitia except when electoral. The principal instances of the rare use of concilium under (_a_) are Livy i. 26. 5; 36. 6; iii. 71. 3; vi. 20. 11.[748] (_b_) In its legislative or judicial capacity the plebeian tribal assembly is called comitia in Cicero, _Leg._ iii. 19. 45; _Sest._ 51. 109; Livy iii. 13. 9; 17. 4; vi. 36. 9; xxv. 4. 6; xxxiv. 2. 11; xlv. 35. This classification covers without exception all the cases in the authors under discussion. An attempt may now be made to trace the development of these uses. The first thing to be considered is that whereas concilium is singular, comitia is plural. Undoubtedly it is a plural of the parts of which the whole is composed; in other words, the curiae, or centuries, or tribes were originally thought of as little assemblies, whose sum total formed the comitia. Comitia therefore always has reference to the parts—the voting units—of which the assembly is composed, whereas concilium as a singular views the assembly without reference to its parts. For this reason, whenever it is advisable to add a modifier to indicate the kind of organization of the assembly, comitia is always used. We find, accordingly, comitia curiata, comitia centuriata, and comitia tributa in common use, but never concilium curiatum (or -tim), concilium centuriatum (or -tim), or concilium tributum (or -tim). These last expressions, which are modern inventions, do not accord with the Roman way of viewing the assemblies. This consideration satisfactorily explains the first general use.[749] As a non-political gathering is not made up of groups—similar to the voting divisions of the national assemblies—it cannot be called comitia. Concilium is the only term appropriate to it; hence we have the second general use of the two words.[750]